but before any pleadings begin on either side, he is desirous of settling and fixing the terms and conditions of the dispute; he requests that two things might be granted him, which are mentioned in
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Job 13:3
Job 13:3
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Job 13 — OverviewJob 13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJob here comes to make application of what he had said in the foregoing
chapter; and now we have him not in so good a temper as he was in then:
for, I. He is very bold with his friends, comparing himself with…Job 13 — OverviewJob 13 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 13:1, Job reproves his friends for partiality; Job 13:14, He professes his confidence in God; and entreats to know his own sins, and God’s purpose in afflicting him.Job 13 — OverviewJob 13 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleJob begins this chapter by observing the extensiveness of his knowledge, as appeared from his preceding discourse, by which it was evident he was not less knowing than his friendsJob 13:1-12Job 13:1-12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJob here warmly expresses his resentment of the unkindness of his
friends.
I. He comes up with them as one that understood the matter in dispute
as well as they, and did not need to be taught by them, v. 1, 2.…Job 13:3Job 13:3 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeSurely: Job 13:22, Job 9:34-35, Job 11:5, Job 23:3-7, Job 31:35
I desire: Job 9:3, Job 9:14-15; Isaiah 1:18-20, Isaiah 41:21; Jeremiah 12:1-2 *marg. Micah 6:2Job 13:3Job 13:3 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bibleand all the favour he entreats of them is, that they would for the future be no longer speakers, but hearers